🌱 What inspectors found during Merriam Park Inn’s latest health inspection

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In today's newsletter:

• What inspectors found during Merriam Park Inn’s latest health inspection

Also on today's calendar: Great Plains SPCA Best In Show and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, with a high of 74 and low of 55 degrees.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 75, low: 51.
• Monday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• A roach found on noodles, mice nests: Latest KC-area restaurant inspections (kansascity.com) — Health inspectors recently cited Merriam Park Inn on Frontage Road in Merriam for seven violations, including mold and black slime in the ice machine and stained mattresses in several rooms. The report is part of a broader roundup of Kansas City-area restaurant and lodging inspections, detailing food safety and cleanliness problems at multiple Johnson and Wyandotte County establishments.
   

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📸 Around Merriam

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Merriam

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 10

• 2nd Annual Monster Market Bash →
  Merriam Marketplace, 5740 Merriam Dr., Merriam
  1:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 5

• Parks Board Meeting →
  De Soto, KS Calendar De Soto, KS 66018
  6:30 pm
• Planning Commission
  City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive, Merriam
  7:00 pm

Thursday October 8

• PTA Playground Night
  Rhein Benninghoven Elementary School, 6720 Caenen, Shawnee
  6:00 pm
• FALL FEST/STEAM NIGHT
  Overland Park Elementary School, 8150 Santa Fe Dr, Overland Park
  6:00 pm
• PTA Skate City - 6-8 PM
  Rushton Elementary School, 6001 W 52nd St, Mission
  6:00 pm

Thursday October 15

• Great Plains SPCA Best In Show →
  Great Plains SPCA, 5428 Antioch Dr., Merriam
  5:00 pm

Tuesday October 20

• Zero-Day Attack Simulator →
  Merriam Community Center, 6040 Slater St, Merriam
  10:30 am

Saturday October 24

• Oktoberfest →
  Porsche Kansas City, 9415 W 65th Street, Merriam
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday October 3

• Floating Pumpkin Patch →
  Powell Community Center, 6200 Martway St., Mission
  10:00 am
• Oktoberfest - Presented by Rockcreek Brewing, Sandhills Brewing & Prairie Sailor →
  Broadmoor Park, 5701 Broadmoor St., Mission
  11:00 am
• Homecoming Dance
  SM West
  7:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Mission

• Metcalf Avenue bridge repairs in Mission and northern OP delayed by months (johnsoncountypost.com)
• Shawnee Mission foundation launches plan to attract students to come back and teach here (johnsoncountypost.com)
• BV Northwest native appears on Time Square jumbotron for Down syndrome awareness (johnsoncountypost.com)

Fairway

• A Midcentury-Modern Home in Fairway Gets a New Lease on Life for Interior Designer Leslie Mark and Her Family (inkansascity.com)
• Kelly to headline Holscher fundraiser following difficult primary (sunflowerstatejournal.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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